Research Handbook on International Marine Environmental Law

Edited by Rosemary Rayfuse, Emerita Scientia Professor, Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney, Australia, Aline Jaeckel, Associate Professor, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong, Australia and Research Associate, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam, Germany and Natalie Klein, Professor, Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney, Australia

Contents:

Preface xi
PART I MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN THE 21ST CENTURY
1 International marine environmental law in the 21st century 2
Rosemary Rayfuse, Aline Jaeckel and Natalie Klein
2 The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea – still relevant to protection
of the marine environment? 33
Robin Churchill
3 Fragmentation and coherence in the legal framework for the protection
of the marine environment 57
Alexander Proelss

PART II LEGAL FRAMEWORKS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE
MARINE ENVIRONMENT
4 Basic principles of international marine environmental law 81
Yoshifumi Tanaka
5 Compliance mechanisms under treaties relating to protection of the
marine environment 104
James Harrison
6 Resolving international disputes concerning the marine environment 124
Natalie Klein and Millicent McCreath
7 Mapping progress and challenges for the UNEP Regional Sea
Programme for the Mediterranean 150
Nilufer Oral
8 The Indian Ocean region and marine environmental law 172
Erika Techera

PART III POLLUTION AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
9 Vessel-source pollution – some key developments 196
Henrik Ringbom
10 Regulating shipping under conditions of uncertainty: The Arctic Ocean
and knowledge-based decision-making 218
Tore Henriksen
11 From ocean dumping to marine geoengineering: The evolution of the
London Regime 240
Karen N Scott
12 Ocean acidification 264
Ellycia Harrould-Kolieb and Tim Stephens

PART IV PROTECTING MARINE BIODIVERSITY
13 Protecting the marine environment of the deep seabed 289
Michael Lodge
14 Protecting marine biodiversity and vulnerable marine ecosystems 311
Rosemary Rayfuse
15 Marine mammals and migratory species 333
Richard Caddell

PART V MECHANISMS AND TOOLS FOR PROTECTING THE
MARINE ENVIRONMENT
16 Public participation in the governance of deep-seabed mining in the Area 361
Jeff Ardron, Hannah Lily and Aline Jaeckel
17 Marine scientific research and the protection of the seas and oceans 385
Anna-Maria Hubert
18 New technology and the protection of the marine environment 409
Hilde J Woker, Rozemarijn J Roland Holst and Harriet Harden-Davies
19 Implementing environmental impact assessment in areas beyond
national jurisdiction: Epistemic, institutional and normative challenges 428
Neil Craik and Kristine Gu
20 Enhancing marine protected areas and marine spatial planning through
an ecosystem approach 451
Vasco Becker-Weinberg

Index 467